Carnival of the Force!

[Has been updated many times, new links added this morning, just scroll to the bottom. And please, nobody leave any spoilers, reviews or opinions about how much the movie sucked in the comments!]

Aside from my own geek blogging, there are a TON of bloggers out there joining me in having a raging Star Wars hard on this week. To put it bluntly.

I'm going to try to track down all the posts I can find. If you have written on SW in the past week or so (or know someone who did), leave a link in the comments and then I'll add it to the post as soon as I can. My only rule is that I won't post links to anyone discussing Star Wars and today's politics, anyone comparing the movie to the war in Iraq or anyone who thinks we should boycott the movie because Lucas doesn't like Bush. I don't care.

Also note that I will be collecting blogger reviews of RotS as soon as they start coming in. Please email any review links to me as soon as you read them!

In honor of this, and informed by this (via this): Well I ain't never Been the Dark Lord type I won't shoot lightning from my fingers I'd rather be gentle and nice Unless I'm threatened On a battlefield Or some rundown tavern pla...

» Revenge Of The Sith from JimSpot
Of COURSE I'm hyper as hell! Only 4 hrs 'til I get to see the culmination of 25+ years of waiting. I have my Darth Vader shirt on and my stormtrooper hat with "Freeze You Rebel Scum" on it ready... [Read More]

» The Carnival of the Force from Ed Driscoll.com
Michele Catalano has one stop shopping for Star Wars action in the Blogosphere--email her if you've got a Star Wars-related post you'd like included in "The Carnival of the Force".... [Read More]

» THE FORCE IS STRONG(ER) IN THIS ONE from Knowledge Problem
Michael Giberson The overall sense of the reviews collected at RottenTomatoes is that Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is the best of the three prequels, with more action, drama, and character development, and fewer soap opera... [Read More]

» Episode III D-Day from Les Jones
The big day is here. We've got tickets for the 7:45 show tonight reserved through Fandango. I had thought about going to the midnight show last night, but with my work and Melissa's school decided not to push it. Melissa's mom is keeping the kiddo toni... [Read More]

» Episode III D-Day from Les Jones
The big day is here. We've got tickets for the 7:45 show tonight reserved through Fandango. I had thought about going to the midnight show last night, but with my work and Melissa's school decided not to push it. Melissa's mom is keeping the kiddo ton... [Read More]

» I SENSE A GREAT DISTURBANCE from Side Salad - Food For Lack Of Thought
So I guess I could qualify as somewhat obsessed with the hoopla surrounding the final Star Wars episode. Not necessarily with the actual episode - I'm convinced after having read a thousand reviews that, yes, indeed, it is the... [Read More]

» Happy Star Wars Day from A Bluegrass Blog
As of this writing, it's T-minus 5:07:00 and counting until Revenge of the Sith. And I'm starting to get pumped. Yesterday's stomach bug couldn't dissuade me, and I dragged myself to work this morning because this isn't May 1999 [Read More]

» Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™ from Wizbang
It's Friday, which means it's time for the Wizbang Weekend Caption Contest™. Based on the success of last weeks contest, and in honor of the opening of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (see The Carnival Of... [Read More]

» Absolut Sith from Aaron's cc:
My contribution to Star Wars mania. Lucas lost me at visible Ewok seams.
But the growing ubiquity of the phrase "only Siths think in absolutes" had me crank up the photoshopping engines.
Back to channeling Kumar.
I'll contribute it as a p... [Read More]

» Revenge of the Sith - My review from A Bluegrass Blog
Two five word reviews of Revenge of the Sith, which I saw on its first full day of release last night. In the style of Yoda: Suck, the movie did not.Me: Can I go again tomorrow? I won't go quite [Read More]

» Star Wars Poll from A Bluegrass Blog
First in a series of Star Wars Polls. Start with the obvious. Those selecting Episode II may be shot. Unlike Greedo, I do shoot first. Star Wars Poll #1 What was the best Star Wars film? Episode I, The Phantom [Read More]

» STAR WARS: GREAT ART, CHRISTIANITY AND SIN from The Galvin Opinion
The genius of Star Wars is that it explains why we sin, what sin does to us. Graham Greene once wrote that "love makes more mistakes than hate does." In that light, the fall of Anakin related to the fact that he loved too much. [Read More]

I've been posting the "nits" I found in all the Star Wars movies, similar to Phil Farrand's Nitpicker's Guide to Star Trek. Been doing one movie a day all week until "Revenge of the Sith is released. Check it out and see if you agree with what I found or if I missed any.

My family was one of the few lucky ones to see the new movie at a premiere on Friday, the 13th.
It is superb!! I posted a pic of us and my daughter posted a bunch of pics. Mark Hamill was there and we got his pic & autograph, also posted. My daughter's movie review is absolutely spoiler free.
visit my blog then visit hers at:
http://cmarie88.blogspot.com

I'm tired and it's early/late and I just got home from seeing the movie I've been waiting years for! Anyways - somebodys probably already posted this link, so forgive me if they have - http://darthside.blogspot.com/

WASHINGTON D.C. (PoopyCaca.com) – As "Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith," the final film in George Lucas' prequel trilogy, hits screens and the last of the Star Trek franchises, "Enterprise" airs the final episode, the U.S. Census Bureau projects that the total population of nerds will increase by 30 to 35%.....

"So what your post is saying is that the SMART bloggers aren't really writing much about SW. Which would mean the people like myself who are obsessing about it are....what exactly?"

Having viewed her site, Michelle's obsession has led her to clearly and rationally weed through the thicket of fellow-obsessors and point us to the best of show. I suggest she define "smart" as Webster does: "shrewd and calculating", include herself as such, and continue "forcefully" obsessing.

For the rest of us who can't think of anything new to say about the flick, we can give her a hat tip.

I know this has been around for awhile and I honestly can't remember if I've posted the link here already (forgive me if I have, please - it's been a rough week)...
atom films presents Anakin Dynamite.

In all seriousness, this is almost as good a Star Wars film as Empire. Better than ANH, better than RotJ. Good good good. It takes a few minutes to get rolling after the opening sequence, and there's some wooden mushy parts with Padme & Ani, but so freaking what? Once the movie picks up, it never stops until the closing credits. I (heart) Episode III.